What are your eating habits and a new way to stalk my favorite runner.

I woke up remembering how I said I wasn’t going to run and instead do the elliptical today and tomorrow because of the race on Saturday. I then remembered the elliptical is boring compared to running and I am less of a beast to my students if I run. Plus why taper if I am not racing? (I knew you wanted to know my exact brain conversation from this morning).

By the time I got to the treadmill it was 7 on the dot so I fit in 3 miles and still made it to school by 7:46….don’t think too hard about that time frame or you may think less of me.

Yesterday when I got home from the track I had the best package ever waiting for me, THANK YOU CHOBANI! If you haven’t tried the blood orange flavor you simply must right this second.

I learned my carrying food technique from Gus Gus.

The other day I was wasting my life away on Facebook and I came across something that made me beyond happy! Kara Goucher’s husband, Adam, has started a blog following her journey to the 2012 London Olympics. Since I like to be referred to as her biggest stalker, I love having a new place with pictures of her and things about her training.

Kara and Shalane Flanagan are currently training high altitude (8,000 feet high altitude) in Mammoth. They are averaging about 120 ‘base’ miles per week. You can find the website HERE!

Just a few of my favorite pictures:

The Nike black and blue outfits are just about the cutest things in the world.

Maybe this one will motivate me to do core work someday….who would have thought that having a strong core could make you faster;) She makes it look so easy.

And for the randomness of the day:

Are these stats true for you? Do you tend to eat later in the day on Saturday and Sunday? Do your eating habits go downhill on the weekends?

-We do eat a lot later in the day on Saturday and Sundays and if my eating habits could get any lower then yes, I am sure my eating habits are less healthy on the weekends.

LOVE the Blood Orange Chobani, but Chobani is not sold here yet!!
I indulge more on Saturday’s with sweets for sure, and if we are going to eat out or any fast food it is usually on Fridays. But I would say we eat earlier since during the week by the time we are off work, hit the gym and make supper we eat around 7:30pm.
Core work – once a week right now.
CUPCAKE!! Not a croissant fan.

Gosh…I need to do more core, too!!! I used to a lot…where did that girl go?!?! I should just have a set list that I look at every morning and follow. Impressive with the run and making it to work in that time frame…you never cease to amaze me!

Ahhh I follow Kara on Facebook and saw all those pics!!
I used to do core work in the form of Mat Pilates 2x/week and now I do it on my own per my PT instructions. But after I’m fully healed I can’t wait to get back to Pilates. I’m just not all that motivated or enthusiastic doing it on my own!

I wouldn’t say every weekend is unhealthy, but if we’re going to go out to eat at all during the week, it’s typically on Saturdays. So I would definitely say on average, Saturday is my least-healthy day. ;)

I would tend to say that I almost eat worse during the week because I’ll have a long day at work and then feel like I need to binge on crap to feel better (NOT healthy I know). Also, I’m careful not to eat fatty foods before my long runs (GI probs) so I tend to eat a bit better on the weekends when I do my long runs. But overall I eat a lot of crap so it’s tough to tell ;-)

Amanda

I love the Chobani Champions yogurt! Especially the honey-nana and chocolate chunk…but that chocolate to yogurt ratio is a bit off. Less yogurt, more chocolate.

I don’t do much core work any more, I just figure the amount of lifting and cardio I do will cover it all. I know I should, but never really saw any noticeable improvements from the stuff I was doing, so I just moved on plus its soooo boring.

AHHHH! I love your Gus Gus pic, it’s my FAV!!! I literally burst out laughing when I saw those pics side by side. Hilare!

And yes, I am such a sucker for bad weekend eating. I still go for lots of veggies and lean proteins but it’s much easier to indulge in a beer (or four…) on Sat or Sun. Then Mon comes around and I get mad at myself when running is not as easy as it was on Fri… Silly!

It honestly depends! If I’m busy and didn’t plan things well then my eating is crazy. If it’s the weekend I might splurge but at least I still have my whole day to plan meals, etc.! I do agree that I feel more like splurging on the weekend.

Gus Gus! I love Gus Gus!! Your picture + Gus Gus had me cracking up!! :D
Isn’t Chobani the best?!
Your blog is the only Elite athlete’s that I follow…and I love it!!
I would like a croissant right now. How good does that sound?!

Kaelin

I think that chart is very true. I eat REALLY healthy M-T and somewhere around lunchtime on Friday things start to slip. I would say Saturday is my worst eating day, and usually Sundays I am back on the upswing.

I would take a cupcake over a croissant any day!

No elite blogs here…. I already fall into comparison traps with people who are better than me so I would probably beat myself up after reading their blogs.

I’m loving the pictures. Kara is the cutest thing ever, but her son, he’s so adorable! I always look the same way when I have yogurt at the grocery store. That is how I carry it until I get to the cart. :) I love the infographic, I would have never thought Sunday was the unhealthiest!

I am excited to try the Chobani Champions yogurt! I don’t have any kiddos but I know some who might like it.
I definitely don’t eat as healthy on Friday or Saturday and I also eat later those days. But Sunday is more like a normal day.
The only athlete’s blog I follow is yours :-)

Jen

As a college student, my good eating habits basically disappear on the weekends. I’d much rather have a cupcake right now since I’m about to start a hardcore all night study fest for kinesiology, although the croissants at my fave beach restaurant are SOOO good paired with their house salad!

The blood orange is fantastic – I agree!
Not being on a schedule and being home more, I proabably do eat a little unhealthier on the weekends.
Ooohh…I would have a croissant, especially if it had chocolate inside and it was warm. Now my mouth is watering :)

Sherri

I just bookmarked that site so that I can stalk my idol too! Thank you SO much for telling us about it! I totally needed another time-suck in my life (hehe, kidding, but I also think of this as an educational endeavour)!

Weekends kill my diet but I also think it’s because I do long runs on weekends and they make my appetite soar. Cannot – get – enough – brie!

I do core work 5 times per week, mostly planks, bicycle crunches, and leg lifts. I used to hate it but after seeing results I have grown to love planks! Need to try those weighted situps because Kara has the most amazingly fantastic abs. There should be a shrine decicated to them.

Adrienne

karla c

love that you can run 3 miles, get ready, and commute in 46 mins! I aspire for that! my hubby and I do eat later on the weekends and I eat lots of junk food all the time so… yeah! and I would always choose a cupcake!.. unless its between icecream and a cupcake. then it would be ice cream all the way!

I usually do eat worse on the weekends. I plan for the week, and I try to stick to my plan closely (this is not true for this week…cheer clinics have apparently made me weak), but on the weekends, there’s a lot more snacking and typically some eating out.

I’m not really a croissant person, but I do love a good cupcake every now and then! Right now, I’d rather have ice cream!!!

I do core work about twice a week. Perhaps I should step it up with those weighted sit ups! Looks tough!
Weekends are definitely when I indulge more… so I would have to say the stats are true for me.
Have a wonderful Friday!

Katerina

I love the pic of Kara and her son…he so reminds me of mine on the pic.
Corework…too little! I am the only persone who had sore core muscles after a marathon (it was worse than my legs)…lesson learned!
My eating habits are not great, weekends are just as bad as the rest.
I would go for a croissant with strawberry marmalade and a latte…unfortunately have only latte :-(
have a lovely weekend and have fun racing…you are racing for two…which means your time should be halved – rigt?

Love me some Kara and love to see her doing core work…so important! I have started doing a plank-a-day challenge for the month of April – planks everyday and I am up to holding it for 3 minutes straight! Who would have thought holding the plank position makes you break out into a sweat!

Liz

I actually eat a lot better on the weekends. On the weekdays I end up snacking at work out of sheer boredom, but on the weekends I have time to buy fresh food and cook up something great. Plus I do the long run, cross train and have time for strength work. Sigh…I miss being unemployed sometimes..